This was an article by Kirsten M. Lagatree. She has written several feng shui books, including "Feng Shui at Work", which is a great book. You can buy it here.

Feng Shui for Cubicles
Six steps to ancient Chinese wisdom for your modern workspace.

The cubicle is a fitting symbol for what bothers many people about work. Cubicles isolate without providing privacy and create barriers without blocking out distractions. For many, working in a cubicle means working in an alienating environment. It's no coincidence that an overhead view of a cubicle-filled room looks like a rat maze.

Whether or not you've actually felt like a rat, intuitively you realize you're in the presence of bad feng shui. This may sound a bit mystical, but it's actually very down to earth. All it means is that you feel uneasy in your surroundings.

Feng shui is about creating a comfortable physical space that puts occupants in the right frame of mind to do whatever needs to be done. An office with good feng shui would most likely help you feel focused, creative, productive, and more comfortable doing your job.

Six Steps to Achieve Office Feng Shui

Here are six steps to bring good feng shui to your little corner of the maze.

1. No matter what kind of office you occupy, it's vital to sit where you can easily see the entry. When your back is to the entrance, a certain paranoid energy builds up because you're always vulnerable to surprise. One way or another, you'll be among the last to know when something important is going on. But don't despair, there is a remedy.

2. If you work with a computer all day, the first thing to do is move your chair or rearrange your cubicle so you can at least glimpse the entry while at your keyboard. If you can't rearrange anything, place an attractive mirror in the direction you face so the reflection allows you a rear view.

3. Make employment goals, and decide which aspects of your career you would like to enhance. Keep it simple; focus on one or two improvements at a time. Now, make a firm commitment to yourself to achieve these goals.

4. Use a compass to locate the four major compass directions in your workspace. In classical compass feng shui, enhancing the direction that governs your goals is one way to work toward them.

5. Create enhancements in the compass direction appropriate for your aspirations.

General business success: Look to the north, its color is black, water is its element, and the dependable turtle is its animal.

Improved creativity: Enhance the west with the color white, the element metal, or possibly its animal, the fierce tiger.

Fame and fortune: Look to the south. In this case we'll translate fame as your professional reputation or the level of recognition you achieve in your company or business. Red, fire, and birds (especially the phoenix) go with the south.

Business growth and overall professional health: Look to the east, which is represented by the color green, the element wood, and the inspiring and powerful dragon.

6. Use the following examples to jump-start your own feng shui process: if you'd like to achieve more recognition this year, focus on the south because of its influence on fame and fortune. A simple choice would be one red candle -- using the color and the element. Or, to enhance your creativity, use a silver (metal) frame on a picture that inspires your own creativity, and place it in the west.

Know that feng shui is not magic and isn't a substitute for taking "real world" steps to achieve your goals. Yes, an aspect of feng shui transcends rational thinking and defies explanation, but assuming that's all there is to it is a mistake.

Make sure your workspace is pleasing to your eye, uncluttered, and comfortable to work in. Consider using a curved keyboard designed to be easy on the hands and wrists. Choose an optical scan mouse that allows you to scroll more easily and doesn't require a mouse pad, clutter you can do without.